IGF::OT::IGF SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES RELATED TO CANCER HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND RESOURCES 9/16/2016 - 9/15/2016

该项目的目标是开发第一个专门设计用于访问，创建和可视化与癌症健康行为和资源相关的环境措施的软件。该软件名为METRIC for Measure of the Environment Targeted for Research In Cancer，将提供：1）用户友好的界面，用于定位，访问和导入数据到现有的地理信息系统，2）数据层自动同质化到一个共同的地理，3）灵活的指标结构，以表征食品，体育活动和医疗保健访问环境，4）可视化，探索性数据分析和结果排名，以确定地理差异，5）不确定性传播和敏感性分析，以评估指标定义（例如，分量权重，测量误差幅度）对指数稳健性及其与健康结果的关系的影响，以及6）将结果有效导出为ESRI shapefile格式，Excel工作簿和XML。目标用户是环境流行病学家或暴露科学家，他们缺乏从交互式和经常更新的网络来源自动访问各种数据资源的技术专长。

The goal of this project is to develop the first software specifically designed for the access, creation and visualization of environmental measures related to cancer health behavior and resources. This software, called METRIC for Measure of the Environment Targeted for Research In Cancer, will provide: 1) a user‐friendly interface for locating, accessing and importing data into the existing Geographical Information System, 2) automated homogenization of data layers to a common geography, 3) flexible construction of metrics to characterize the food, physical activity and health care access environments, 4) visualization, exploratory data analysis and ranking of the results to identify geographical disparities, 5)uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of metrics definition (e.g. weights of components, magnitude of measurement errors) on the robustness of indices and their relationship with health outcomes, and 6)efficient export of results into ESRI shapefile format, Excel workbooks and XML. The targeted user is the environmental epidemiologist or exposure scientist who lacks the technical expertise to automate access to diverse data resources from interactive and frequently updated web sources.